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Lulworth Beach Hotel now Mill House Hotel, Main Road, West Lulworth.

6/2009/0513Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 12 February 2010

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Alterations and extensions to former squash court building and its conversion to hotel accommodation.

Submitted
8 September 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 157 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Lulworth Beach Hotel now Mill House Hotel , Main Road, West Lulworth.. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 16 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward.

92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Lulworth
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2009
Consultation expiry
2 October 2009
Consultation end
2 October 2009

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Spring CottageOn or next to this site
  • Scheduled monument: Bindon Hill campPart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bindon Hill campPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • SSSI: South Dorset Coast SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Isle of Portland to Studland CliffsPart of the site
  • Heritage coast: Purbeck
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (15)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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